I've got 8 skeins of DK yarn in Comfort Cotton (80% wool, 20% cotton
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in natural white, and I'm not sure what to dowith it! I'd like to make a sweater with it - something cute andfashionable. I like this one on knitty:
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but it calls forworsted weight yarn, and when I knit my swatch to gauge, I'm not thatcrazy about the looseness of it, and I think my yarn is a bit toocasual for it. Any ideas for patterns out there that I could make withthis stuff? Thanks! Robyn
Don't know about a sweater, but how about a lacy shawl or scarf? I have some Rowan DK CashCotton that I am currently using to make a "pi" shawl that is in the Best of Knitters Shawls and Scarfs book, and I really like the look of the yarn with a lacy pattern.
Maggie Righetti's "Knitting in Plain English" and "Sweater Design in Plain English" will both be helpful. Elizabeth Zimmermann's books will be too, especially the Workshop.
Basically, swatch until you like the gauge. Work out the landmarks on the original pattern, then apply your gauge to those measurements.
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Robyn, I LIKE the pattern!!! I don't know if you understand my Norwegian/ English, but I try! And I WARN you, I am a teacher and VERRRRRY "detailed":
In your pattern you can see the gauge used: 18sts/24 rows = 4 inches/
10cm in stockinet. Now you have to find your own gauge: Knit a swatch a bit BIGGER than that. When finished: count stitches and rows in YOUR 4"x4"(10cmx10cm). Say your gauge is 15sts/19rows. Then you take the pattern: It says for example CO 145sts. Then you think NOT 145, but 145 divided with 18, (to see how many 4" that is) and multiplied with 15(because YOU need 15sts to each 4". (THAT IS: 145
*15/18 = 120,833333, nearly 121sts) You calculate like that every time there are given any number of stitches.(I like to correct my pattern in advance) When you calculate rows, you do it similar. Here they say you shall make inc. every 12. row. Then you do like this: 12 divided with 24, multiplied with 19. That is 12rows* 19/24= 19,5 rows) Then you first inc. on the 9th and next time the10th row(=9,5row) May be anyone can give complementary info, if this is difficult to understand! Good luck, Robyn!
I do a lot of this because I generally don't use the needle size called for, nor the same yarn. Basically figure out how many inches the CO stitches are supposed to be in the pattern, and use the number that your needles/yarn works out to instead. Increases work the same way - if
10sts = 2" inches in the pattern, and your gauge is 8sts = 2", then increase 8 instead. Same with length, go by measurement rather than rows.
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